Chahid El Hafed, October 19, 2017 (SPS) - The Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Western Sahara, Horst Kohler, held a working session with members of the Saharawi negotiating delegation at the guest house in Chahid El Hafed.
"This is an initial meeting with Kohler since the beginning of his tenure as UNSG Personal Envoy to Western Sahara," said Head of the Negotiating Delegation, Jatri Aduh. "He (Personal Envoy) expressed his full and complete readiness to resolve matters and the existing problems as a result of Moroccan intransigence to international legitimacy."
The Saharawi people are prepared to cooperate with the United Nations, its Secretary-General and its Personal Envoy to end the illegal occupation of Western Sahara on the basis of international legitimacy and the relevant UN and African resolutions, adds the head of the negotiating delegation
Jatri Aduh stressed that the Sahrawi issue is decolonization issue, whose fate has not yet been determined, calling for creating conditions for resuming negotiations. This, according to the head of the negotiating team, is done by stopping the continuous violations of human rights committed by the Moroccan state as well as the systematic looting of the Sagarwi natural resources.
"The Saharawi people are enduring enough and it is time to exert real pressure on Morocco to comply with international legitimacy," said the Sahrawi official. "Everyone is convinced that Morocco is the one hindering the settlement efforts." SPS
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